Texas Transportation Code
§ 451.071 — REFERENDUM FOR RAIL PLAN; CERTAIN AUTHORITIES
TN § 451.071Title 6. ROADWAYS · Part K. MASS TRANSPORTATION · Ch. 451. METROPOLITAN RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITIES · Art. B. POWERS OF AUTHORITIES
Statute text
View on source(a)This section applies only to an authority confirmed before July 1, 1985, in which the principal municipality has a population of less than 1.3 million.
(b)The authority may hold a referendum on whether the authority may operate a fixed rail transit system. At the election the ballots shall be printed to permit voting for or against the following proposition: "The operation of a fixed rail system by (name of authority)."
(c)The notice of an election called under this section must include a general description of the form of the fixed rail transit system, including the general location of any proposed routes.
(d)If a majority of the votes cast are in favor of the proposition, the authority may build and operate the system as provided in the notice for the election. If less than a majority of the votes cast are in favor of the proposition, the authority may not expend funds of the authority to purchase, acquire, construct, operate, or maintain any form of a fixed rail transit system unless the system is approved by a majority of the votes cast at a referendum held by the authority for that purpose.
(e)A subsequent referendum under Subsection (d):
(1)may be held more than once;
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Legislative history
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 281 (H.B. 2702), Sec. 2.84, eff. June 14, 2005. Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1221 (S.B. 1263), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2009. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1163 (H.B. 2702), Sec. 144, eff. September 1, 2011. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 644 (H.B. 4559), Sec. 250, eff. September 1, 2023.